(02-28-2015, 03:23 AM)kikatsu Wrote: In addition, a couple years back people were throwing around ideas of freighter only docking points on planets. It was implemented on planet Leeds only, but if used on a wider scale you could have freighter only docking ports on house capital planets that could buy the commodities for a higher price, letting freighters get more bang for their buck smuggling wise.... something like Junker docking satellite on the far side of Manhattan for instance.
+1 !
I was even thinking about getting a freighter docking port from a SRP, and am still aiming at it ( even if it´s not about smuggling ).
I love the teamwork you can get if you fly to Leeds with a runner group. 1 - 2 Liners for transporting refugees, 1 - 2 Freighters for landing / loading, and 1 - 2 Escorts.
Back to topic : If you do increase risk for smuggling , you will get people evading the risk through any possible means. inGame, through Metagaming, through tricks and cheats. It´s human, it´s called greed ( or not so nice names ) and you will not be able to stop it.
Only control it. Or give it good outlets.
I would like the idea of a non - jumpeable 25k ( or even 40k ) barge with docking modules able to carry 4 ships of up to freighter size. Perhaps even making that barge only dockable at a new sort of dock ? Shipjards only ? Teamwork, folk....
Make the freighters more valuable, make the cargo more expensive, make the escorts a needed necessity.